Praying through the Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.

PSALM 51 IS CLEARLY a psalm for the penitent, but it is also a cry for help.  Unlike other cries for help in the Psalms, the writer does not tell us what the troubles are.  The trouble rests with those repenting and their own sin, making this a powerful prayer of confession for any who need to be washed from iniquity and cleansed from sin.

My heart cries out to God, "According to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions."  "Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."  "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."  All of these verses give a clear picture of what it means to be dependent on God, to be made right with him and right with the world.  We can have confidence that the Lord can and will create a clean heart within those who call on his name.  It is, in fact, his deepest desire to renew a right spirit within us.

Praying through Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.

THE FOURTH SET OF BEADS SAYS, "Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make hast to help me." I have discovered that when the Lord delivers me from fear, or I have repented of a sin and feel much lighter, there is a sense of having "a new song put in my mouth by the Lord."  Indeed, I walk with a new lightness that  results in a hymn of praise in my heart.

It is good to recall the places where the Lord has helped and delivered us, to bring them to him in a song or prayer of praise.  Revisiting the things God has done for us strengthens us.  That is one of the reasons that remembrance is such a key theme of the Bible.

Praying through Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.

Praying through Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.

THIS HYMN is full of faith statements.  The first set of beads says, "He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord." Sometimes it is difficult to see that the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord, so we need to take a closer look to spy out his faithfulness.

     Spend some time this week meditating on the truth that God is steadfast, that his love for you is steadfast.  Write your own definition of what it means to be steadfast.

Praying through Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.

IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT for us to believe that we are fearfully and wonderfully made.  Yet, this is exactly what the Lord would have us know about our creation.

James Mays says that Psalm 139 is a "doctrinal classic because it portrays human existence in all its dimensions in terms of God's knowledge, presence, and power.  It  reflects an understanding of the human as enclosed in divine reality...it teaches and confesses in the fullest way that 'my times are in your hand.'"

Praying through Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.

Praying through Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.

Praying through Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.

Psalm 24 BEGINS with the reminder that "the earth is the Lord's;" he created it, he sustains it, he saves it, and he is the earth's owner.  He is also the Creator of all who live on the earth.  We depend on the Lord of heaven and earth because we live in his world.

The gates and the "everlasting doors" the writer of this psalm is referring to are both the entrance to the temple on Mt. Zion and the spiritual gates to God's heavenly kingdom.  The gates are opened in recognition that the king of the earth has arrived.

Although this imagery is of a city and its gates, we can personalize this.  Are there gates or entrances in your life that you joyfully open to let in the King of Glory?  Is there a gate you have locked that the Lord is asking you to open for him? (Mays 119, 122).

Praying through the Psalms is a Guide to Contemplative Prayer using Anglican Prayer Beads.  You may use prayer beads or simply listen and pray without prayer beads.  We recommend engaging your body through touch, using prayer beads as you embrace these ancient prayers of God's people.  More on how to use prayer beads is in the first episode of this podcast. My prayer for you is that you will find your home in the Psalms and be blessed by these rich ancient prayers.

Physical copies of the book can be purchased here.

Praying through Psalms is read by the author, Cindy Hamilton.  Cindy is an ordained deacon with the Anglican Church in North America and a trained Pastor of Prayer at Church of the Advent (Denver, Colorado).  Cindy has an MA in Christian Studies from Tabor College in Adelaide, South Australia. She has led prayer and Psalms retreats.  She trains prayer ministers to pray for others.  She is the designer and coordinator of 'Healing Journey' a two day healing prayer seminar. Healing Journey 2023, October 6 and 7 at Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado. Healing Journey is a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains.

Podcast produced by Maile Paris.

Music composed and performed by Maile Paris.